The River of Joy

Step into the river

Of love-soaked joy

It will carry you home

Silence monkey-mind objections

Loosen tight fingers of control

I gave you Eden

Accept my gift

Stop, now

Watch the trees

Leaves and branches moved by Love

Watch the rise and fall of your chest

Breathed by Love

Watch the actions of your body

Moved by Joy

Listen, now

The birdsong

Purring cat, rustling paper

Everything, here, now

For your pleasure

Taste, now

The bounty of nature

Sweet fruit, Divine nectar

For you, my love, for you.

Open all your windows

Smell salt sea air

Incense of the gods

Let me blow through you.

Let me touch you, now

Feel the light filled bursts of joy

Erupting in your cells

I left my breadcrumbs

In the last place you thought to look

See them, now

Where they always were?

Here, now

Inside, outside

No difference.

Step into the river

Of love-soaked joy

It will carry you home.

5 thoughts on “The River of Joy”

  1. So lovely poem Susan. I do not understand easily american poetry, but your poem was esely understood, an flow as a poem. it is also get into my heart end experience right there.

    Thank you dear friend, dear generous heart!

    Love and Light. tatyna

  2. This is so beautiful for me to read now as I think about my godmother in hospice care and I cannot see her. Spirit sent me straight to this writing and; I think of her as I read it and share the Joy of this Poetry with her through the Love we share in our Oneness!
    Thank You Susan!

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